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I like to think that midichlorians are an indicator, but not a source. If you have strong force sensitivity, the midichlorians like...

The Blue Wizards starting magical traditions implies that they are teaching magic to others. And the impression I get about the Nazgûl...

I do not believe that is true. We definitely see elves using magic in the books, such as the magic used by Elrond and Galadriel to...

I think there's a distinction between "soft science fiction" and "science fantasy". Soft SF still has the trappings of science fiction...

You can still have quests for MacGuffins, but they'll likely be desired for something they allow rather than something they themselves...

Draw Steel does something similar. Attacks are resolved using a "power roll" of 2d10+stat (which usually starts at 2 and hits 5 at max...

Funnily enough, back in the 80s Äventyrsspel (the creators/publishers of Dragonbane's predecessors) had the license from Iron Crown...

Not sure about the 14+ qualifier, but overall the chance of rolling doubles or triples on 3d6 are close to 50%.

Feats in PF2 are pretty siloed off, however. You never get "a feat", you get "a class feat" or "an ancestry feat" or "a skill feat" and...

Sure, you could make a game where the skill values overpower the RNG in most cases. Just taking some numbers off the top of my head, you...

An issue with skills in many RPGs is that they rely too much on random chance. Linear systems feel particularly prone to this, but other...

"But wherever there is evil, whenever an innocent would suffer, there would be Hercules!" I knew that Sorbo guy was up to no good...

IMO, roll-under systems work best when dealing with relatively grounded characters. Characters can improve, but they'll always be...